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The Standoffby Linda Gould
A filmmaker, hauled before a government tribunal and accused of making a subversive film, defends herself with the help of a loyal publicist who protects her boss by rewriting the screenplay's ending on the spot.
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
A Rare Gem (Vertical)by Paul Henry Landry
A young woman, abused by her mother, is drawn to a motherly real estate agent, but becomes trapped alone during an open house with a serial killer client and unleashes her veiled rage.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
43 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
43 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Killer Cupidby Janet Prescott
A serial killer in real life proves a hard habit to break for Cupid in the after-life.
Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Spaceby Simon James
Fresh from a recent breakup, that he caused, Simon embarks on a hilarious but frustrating quest to find the perfect parking spot at the mall, all while juggling his idiot best friend and precocious daughter.
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Leaving Berlin (A True Story)by Ron Brawer
On her deathbed, a Holocaust survivor recounts her family's harrowing escape from Nazi Germany, and reveals a dark family secret -- encountering shocked disbelief.
Genre: Family
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Family Diamondby Simon Parker
When John's elderly father is left on his doorstep due to unpaid private care, a desperate friend introduces him to a scientist with a serum that grows diamonds inside the human stomach.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dark Snowby Ron Micci
A sexually repressed woman in her 30s overcomes her inhibitions when she meets a man at an office Christmas party, then races north to her maiden aunt's cabin in the woods to share the joyous news, only to encounter bitterness and jealousy and a poignant parting of the ways.
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Straight Talk with Sadie & Santaby Jason K. Allen
On Christmas Eve, a little girl wakes to find Santa rummaging through her fridge. After scolding him about his diet, she proceeds to grill him about reindeer, elves, bad gifts and other curiosities, and soon develops a new understanding about Christmas. Santa, meanwhile, gets a dose of reality himself - and perhaps a new friend.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Selfby Truong Nguyen
The story of a young man living an uninspired life, getting drunk all alone and talking to himself about his life choices.
Genre: Artistic
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Moonlight and Rosesby Jack Halliday
A screenwriter finds more than he bargained for during a late-night stroll with an actress, in this noir, short script. Award-winner, Indie Gathering Film Festival.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Passing Trainsby Charles Hall
A hardened ex-con living a reclusive life in the Caucasus Mountains courts trouble when he rescues a teenage boy fleeing persecution.
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Just In Timeby Roberta M Roy
Determined to succeed as a web designer, their having collided on entering her new place of employment. a delightful young woman downplays an interested salesman's efforts to engage. *Semi Finalist: 2024 New York International Women Festival; Dublin Movie Awards; Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Competition-Shorts; Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards In Spanish: Justo a Tiempo.*
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
On the Edgeby John M Grace
A man's attempt to end his life goes sideways when he discovers the rooftop he chose is already occupied by a woman with the same idea.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Life Recycleby Jackie Bateman
A young woman working for a company that recycles human souls finds peace within an eco-burial ground over the loss of her cantankerous mother.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Twas the Night Before The Night Before Christmasby Elliot Stanton
When a wife asks her husband why he no longer likes Christmas, he explains it's due to its commercialism. However, the real reason is revealed by a simple longing glance at a beloved family photo.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Love to Goby Bernhard Riedhammer
A lonely retiree mourning his late wife tries to find new connections and turns to a dating website called "Love to Go".
Genre: Romance
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Spinning in Infinityby Joshua Corin
After a brutal battle leaves their starship crippled and life support failing, four crew members debate whether they are real or merely simulations and must decide whether to keep fighting for survival or sacrifice themselves to save the 'real' people their existence was designed to protect.
Genre: Sci-Fi
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Fall From Heavenby PAUL BYRNE
Tortured by a sadistic Russian general, a former female Ukrainian commando finds justice in her gripping testimony before a war crimes tribunal.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Who Are Youby Bohdan Irytsiuk
After a successful man suffers a devastating loss, his reality begins to fracture, forcing him to question his identity and whether the life he's living still belongs to him.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Winter Walk inby Camelia Dinu
When a lonely woman finds a fresh footprint in the snow, the past she buried threatens to return; what is she willing to sacrifice for her peace?
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Labor of Loveby John Porter
A young woman teases her fianc until she discovers he's willing to do almost anything to make her happy.
Genre: Romance
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dragomir and the Ieleby camelia dinu
While Dragomir stumbles upon the enchanting dance of the iele mysterious forest spirits from Romanian lore fascination quickly turns to terror. Trapped between irresistible beauty and deadly magic, he must fight to resist their spell or be claimed forever by the darkness.
Genre: Fantasy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Salvationby Anthony Toni
The World is on the verge of Nuclear War. This is the story of two men who will fight to the death for their way of life to endure.
Genre: Action/Adventure
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Wake Upby Delaina M. Waldron
Guests at a funeral home are in for a Wake Up call, when their loving deceased BJ speaks at his own Wake.
Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Suspectsby Will Johnson
A grieving man befriends a mysterious stranger, finding answers to what happened to his deceased wife.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Eternal Optimistby John Porter
A dark comedy in which a young man breaks a lamp, plugs up the toilet, gets jilted, gets fired, and so on. But, hey, tomorrow's another day, right?
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Firewoodby Gary A. Edwards
FIREWOOD - is a comedic short play small cast about an entertainer who gets fired twice from an ageist, racist, homophobic theme park run by a tyrannical, paranoid boss with a Napoleonic complex who makes money exploiting young girls and boys aspiring to be actors.
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Cycleby Stephanie Neroes
Haunted by the violence of his upbringing, a boy's fateful act forces a reckoning with the ghosts of his family's pastand the chilling truth that some wounds are born, not made.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Echoes of Broken Promisesby Andrea Zastrow
When a slick, absentee father blows in unexpectedly on Father's Day, his resentful adult son has an epiphany as he protects his own son from all-too-familiar grandiose, but empty, promises.
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Stairwaysby Dewayne C Bricker
When luminous stairways rise worldwide, a grieving scientist descends into one to rescue the lost and discovers the only way to save humanity is to embrace imperfection.
Genre: Sci-Fi
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Man Possessedby Donald Copenhaver
After being passed over for promotion, a bitter office worker's online rage transforms into something physical, consuming him and everyone around him.
Genre: Horror
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Brown Bottle Fluby Brandi Self
A frustrated writer struggles to work while being belittled by a belligerent drunk woman who wants to relive the past.
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Goodness Creoniaby Jason Kirman
Julia is an unremarkable girl who wants to brutally punish two girls from her school for bullying her, and she turns to the Godness Creonia for help, after the godness fulfilled her promise by killing the girls in the most brutal way. Julia learns that she must give her soul to the godness with whom she made a deal with her blood.
Genre: Fantasy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Small Talkby Linda Kampley
A young woman goes on a first date expecting romance but finds danger.
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
College Memoriesby Simon Parker
Phil, a high school principal with a reputation to uphold, is thrust into a perilous game of cat-and-mouse when his former college roommate, now a desperate junkie, demands $50,000 to keep silent about Phil's scandalous secrets.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mirrors of Betrayalby Melissa Diane Hudson
A determined mother uncovers disturbing secrets about her daughter's new husband, igniting a dangerous game of deception and betrayal that threatens to destroy their family and reveals that evil never truly dies.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Return to Nam, Behind Memoriesby Muresan Marta
Decades after the Vietnam War, a former idealist named Lee returns to the country where he lost his innocenceuncovering ghosts of the past, confronting guilt and trauma, and searching for reconciliation in a journey that bridges generations.
Genre: Non-Fiction/History
38 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Non-Fiction/History
38 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Seventh Seal Experimentby Jeffrey Stackhouse
A drink, a game, a bet, and Death, entirely in rhyme.
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Veronicaby Aranit Alia
VERONICA- A cold, methodical London hitman disguises himself as a high class escort to assassinate an crime boss, but his brutal efficiency hides a secret :the fortune he earns in blood is quietly donated to orphans under the name "Veronica. "
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Price of Eggsby Susan Kelejian
In a lavish Houston home, a couple's carefully constructed world is shaken as they grapple with the aftermath of their son's murder, forcing them to confront their own complicity and the conservative values that may have contributed to his tragic end in a divided America.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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